Seventeen states and the District of Columbia allege that the Department of Labor’s new joint-employer rule, which is set to take effect March 16, is arbitrary and capricious under the …
New York, 16 Other States Sue Over DOL Joint-Employer Rule
A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general asked a federal judge to block a recent Labor Department regulation that narrows the circumstances in which multiple businesses share liability for wage …
New Rule Makes It Harder to Challenge Labor Practices
The National Labor Relations Board announced a new regulation on Tuesday that makes it harder to challenge companies over their labor practices, potentially affecting the rights of millions of workers. …
The NLRB’s Final Joint-Employer Rule Moves Labor Law Backwards
Tomorrow the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) will formally publish a final rule codifying an employer-friendly test for determining whether an employer can escape liability for labor law violations by franchising and …
Canada: Modern slavery bill misses the mark
For years, the United Nations and communities harmed by corporate abuse abroad have called on Canada to address the serious human rights violations associated with the overseas operations of Canadian …
CUPW v Foodora
The couriers are selected by Foodora and required to deliver food on the terms and conditions determined by Foodora in accordance with Foodora’s standards. In a very real sense, the …
With Historic Win, Foodora Couriers a Big Step Closer to Union Certification
The Ontario Labour Relations Board ruled today that couriers working for Foodora are, as Foodsters United and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers argued, dependent contractors – which means they …
Reading the Stevia Leaves: Early Clues to Federal Enforcement of the Ban on Imports Made with Forced Labour
Labor rights advocates cheered when Congress acted in 2015 to remove an exception to the longstanding ban on imports into the U.S. of products made with forced labor (Section 307 …
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Combatting Forced Labor and Enforcing Workers’ Rights Using the Tariff Act
This briefing paper by the International Labor Rights Forum discusses how U.S. trade policy, embodied in Section 307, can help prevent Americans’ complicity with the forced labor economy. It primarily …